Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-09

How is was Proposed % Retain Z
Fortune.

A NEBRASKA LADY, WITHOUT OFFSPRING, vHrrED
KANSAS CITY AND SECURED BABY WHICH SHE
PALNED OFF AZ HER OWN IN ORDER 10 KEEP A
FORTUNE IN THE FAMILY.
The Kansas City Times OF last Sunday says:
Prosecuting Attorney 3. A. Fletcher, OF Franklin,
Neb., was In Kansas City yesterday on peculiar
GRAND. When he returned last night he had the
material for clearing up q mystery which has
been the town talk Of Franklin for almost three
weeks.
A family by the name Of Garrett resided in
Franklin, and there is some controversy at law
between them and relatives about o fortune OF
almost quarter OF million. Mr.. and Mrs.
Garrett have been married for several years, but
no children have blessed them. On June IL Mrs.
Garrett visited Kansas City. On June 10 she re-
young baby, which surprised her husband as well
as the nefghbOrs, sisters, cousins and aunts
involved in the litigation: This unforeseen and
was generally agreed by the ne1ghbOrs and town
gosstps that Mrs. Garrett had turned the tables.
the 10 It's rns
Finally some one was cruel enough to say that
the child did not resemble It's father, and moreover
capture fortune. AS usual in q small town, the
gOSS1ps nOised this about until some OF the con-
tending htigants decided to investigate the
MT: Garrett was indignant when the rumors set
adrllt reached his ears. He declared that they
ny
originated over the matter, and County Attorney
Fletcher was sent to this city by several persons
arrived in Kansas City yesterday morning he
visited police headquarters and made inquiries,
put nothing was known of the affair at that place.
he was given names OF several Institutes, how
ever, which cared for fOundlngs, and the first one
ne visited was the Wayside Home at 1407 Holmes
street. He was told by the matron that on June
lO, unfortunate GIRL had hpcOmo mother.
This woman the next day after said Of her child
II hope 1t Will become rich some day and have
the opportunities have never had. Then 1t Will
be happy and live an honored life"
On June IL an elegantly dressed woman,
answering the description OF Mrs Garrett, called
at the home. She said that she wanted a very
young Child, and that she would take good care Of
81 will make it the possessor of an immense for.
tune" said the visitor. "From the instant 1t is
turned over to me it becomes an heir"
The stranger also said that she wanted very
The matron thought she was testing, but hunted
up the mother OF the child and consulted her. The
young woman, when she heard the child would be
the pOSSeSSOr OF fortune was greatly rejO1ced
She and the visitor consulted together in q low
voice, which the matrOn did not Overhear. Finally
the visitor placed small gold necklace about the
wOmanS neck, shook her hand and told her good.
by. She then left the house with the child and
was driven of in carriage.
decided it was Mrs. Garrett who visited the way.
side Home. In speaking of the matter yesterday he
said:
sit looks to me like Mrs. Garrett has not so CON-
pletely turned the tables as was first supposed
These are the Facts in the case as ind them:
Mrs. Garrett visited Kansas City on June IL. ON
June IL a woman infinitely answering her descrip-
ton called at the Ways1de Home and took away O
baby. June 16 Mrs. Garrett returned to Franklin.
'The sequel to this story" concluded Mr.
Fletcher, twill be aScerta1ned after my return
home"
Mrs. Walker, the superintendent of the Wayside
Home, said last night:
81 am convinced from the description OF Mrs.
Garrett which Mr.. Fletcher gave me that she and
the woman who called here two weeks ago are
one and the same person. The woman who got
the child, whatever her name is was well dressed
and wore heavy veil. She was very nervous and
spoke in a tremulous voice. Only twice did she
remove her veil, and then only for an ir slant at
time. She told me her infant child had just died,
that she was going east, and that she was lonely
and wanted another. She entered into some ar
rangement with the woman whose child was given
her. did not understand what the arrangement
was, but supposed 1t was all right.
Il don't know whether the woman said any
thing about deceivtng her husband or not, and II
she did she said it to the woman whose child she
received